Feed for seed-drills



(No Model.)

J. L. RITER. Feed for Seed Drill.

No. 234,203. Patented Nov. 9, 1880..

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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. RITER, OF BROWNSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SYLVESTERSOOFIELD AND JOHN L. GILOHRIST, OF OONNERSVILLE, INDIANA.

FEED FOR SEED-DRILLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,203, dated November9, 1880.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. ErrER, of Brownsville, Union county,Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed forSeed-Drills, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the feed mechanism ofseed-drills, in which a transverse tar with wings or gates operates inconnection with the feed-wheel and feedcups; and the object of myinvention is to provide a system of devices for regulating the amount ofseed to be planted. This object I attain by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a side view ofany ordinary feed-cup, showing a combined long and short slot in theside. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the opposite side of the feed-cup,showing a single short slot in its upper edge. Fig. 3 is a top view ofthe feed -cup, showing the slots in both sides of the feed-cup. Fig. 4is a view of the feed-cup attached to the hopper or feed-box of theplanter, showing the ar- 2 5 rangements of parts as combined.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the various views.

A and A represent the two sides of an ordinary feed-cup provided with afeed-wheel,

0 D, and operating-rod O, all in the usual manner.

The side A of the cup is provided with a long slot, F, extending fromthe top to the bottom of the cup in front of the feed-wheel D. The upperpart of this slot F is enlarged. at G.

5 The other side, A, has a short slot, H, in line with the enlarged partG of the slot F.

In the slots H and F the slide-barVoperates.

On the slide-bar V are attached wings or gates w, which operate in theslot F of each cup. This rod or bar V is operated by the lever P andbracket B. One end of this bracket It is attached to the bar V and theopposite end of the lever P.

The lever P is pivoted to the feed-box K at O, and its upper end ispointed to indicate on 5 the indicator L the distance that the wings W Ware moved inside of the feed-cup.

In the position shown in Fig. 4 the wings do not project inside of thecup to interfere with the full feed; but when the lever P is reversedfrom the position shown the wings \V W will be moved inward across thefeed-cup, and prevent any grain from being fed to the discharge-spout B.

It is obvious from this arrangement that any quantity of grain desiredmay be fed from the feed-cup by exposing any section of the feed-wheelto the action of the grain, and that the quantity may be regulated atwill by the lever P, rod V, and wings W W.

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a seed-drill, the cups provided with the slots F, G, and H, combinedwith a rod, V, having wings W W and a bracket, R, and 65 thelever-indicator P, substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

That I claim the above as my invention, I hereunto set my hand this the2d day of April, 1880.

JOHN L. RITER. Witnesses:

F. D. KENYON, W. B. SPEER,

